Finding Sources
Also known as "Scholarly Articles,", "Peer-Reviewed Articles," or "Academic Articles," these are:
Why You Should Use Them:
Find Communications and Marketing Articles:
Find Additional Communication Databases & Resources:
We can't list all of the amazing Communications resources that are out there. But we have linked to a lot of them on our Communications Databases & Resources page. So if you need more, check it out!
General Databases:
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Use these resources to find newspaper articles.
Why You Should Use Them:
Find Newspaper Articles:
Elon offers complete digital access for several newspapers and magazines. Simply create a free account at whichever you like best (or all of them!). Make sure to use your Elon email address.
Find Additional Newspapers:
Polls and surveys are a type of data collected from specific populations. Poll and survey questions gather information, preferences, choices, or opinions from these populations. In historical research, they may provide information about social, political, or national issues during specific time periods or from geographic regions.
Be sure to speak with a librarian if you don't find what you need. They will be able to suggest other sources of information to help you with your research needs.
Find Polls & Surveys:
Books written by scholars are a good source of information for many topics.
Why You Should Use Them:
Remember: you may only need to read one chapter of a scholarly book!
Find Books:
Interlibrary Loan: